Programs for Elementary Students....
A mini-economic system is established by students in grades 3-6 in which they create and manage currency and run businesses which provide goods and essential services for their society. Students experience roles as employee, producer, consumer and voting citizen, and learn economic and entrepreneurial concepts. Kids thrive in Mini-Society.
The Delaware Bank At School program creates partnerships between banks and schools. It is designed to teach children the importance of financial management and to give them a chance to open a savings account at no cost. This weekly banking program nurtures the often neglected ethic of saving.
Meaningful Economics Competition (ME*)
Teams of students in grades 3-6 participate in a competition highlighting economics, entrepreneurship, and personal finance. Teams participate in a written test; a production activity in which teams organize their members efficiently to make as many products as possible; and a problem-solving activity in which the participants are tested on creating a good or service to address a problem. Finally, the teams prepare a marketing strategy that is presented to a panel of judges from business and education professions.
2009 ME* Competition Information
Teach Children to Save Day is designed to teach the importance of saving. Bank volunteers are recruited to go into 3rd and 4th grade classrooms to present a personal finance lesson focusing on spending, saving and interest.
2008 Teach Children to Save Day - A Great Success!
The Stock Market Game (SMG) is a 10-week program designed to introduce students to the global economy and the world of finance and investing. Teams of
1-6 students maintain a portfolio of $100,000 on the Internet and vie for divisional awards. The SMG has 3 levels of competition, the first of which is open to students in grades 4-6. In Delaware, the SMG is offered exclusively by the Center for Economic Education & Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware. This high-interest game provides an exciting way to learn about economics and the stock market. Teachers report that the program has tremendous motivational value and is a unique way to introduce young people to free market economic systems.
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